About the election

Mik Aidt is a candidate for Brownbill Ward at the Greater Geelong City Council elections in October 2017. In order to be elected, he will need more than 13,600 votes.

Geelong’s new Council will be elected by postal vote. Ballot packs will be mailed out in the days around 10 October 2017. You can only vote for Mik if you live within the boundaries of the Brownbill Ward:

Brownbill Ward

Why is it called Brownbill Ward? The ward is named after Fanny Brownbill who was a tireless community worker for Geelong and who from 1938 to 1946 was the first female member of Legislative Assembly.

Voting closes on 27 October 2017. 190,000 residents are enrolled to vote. Around 55,000 of them live in Brownbill Ward.

11 new councillors will be elected. Three in Brownbill Ward.

Interviews with candidates

Mitchell has listed the following candidates who so far have announced they will be running for Council in Brownbill Ward – six women and eight men, of which two of the men were in the previous Council and the rest are new faces: